Furor in Greece over pedophilia as a disability

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://news.yahoo.com/furor-greece-over-pedophilia-disability-174002476.html

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | AP – Mon, Jan 9, 2012

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.

The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants.

The Labor Ministry said categories added to the expanded list — that also includes pyromaniacs, compulsive gamblers, fetishists and sadomasochists — were included for purposes of medical assessment and used as a gauge for allocating financial assistance.

But NCDP leader Yiannis Vardakastanis, who is blind, warned the new list could create new difficulties for disabled Greeks who are already facing benefit cuts due to the country's financial crisis.

"What's happened is incomprehensible. I think there is some big mistake. The ministry should have a different policy on disability,"

Vardakastanis told the Associated Press. "The list contains major changes to disability quotients, which could effectively remove many people from access to benefits."

The new list gives pyromaniacs and pedophiles disability pay up to 35 percent, compared to 80 percent for heart transplant recipients.

"It's really not serious to grant Peeping Toms a 20-30 percent disability rate, and 10 percent to diabetics, who have insulin shots four or five times a day," said Vardakastanis.

Greece has been fighting to avoid bankruptcy since 2009. Public spending on health and welfare programs has been sharply cut under austerity measures imposed as a condition for receiving emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund and other countries using the euro currency.

Independently run welfare programs that survived on state grants have been the hardest hit, leaving some disabled groups, including the deaf, facing sudden drops in their standard of care.

The government is also battling widespread abuse in the welfare system, forcing tens of thousands of disabled people to be reassessed.

[Danno 1,228]

Ahh these Greeks just don't grasp mental health issues like the Professionals do.

Following up on the logic of some groups we can in kind say.... "Who would choose to be a pedophile?"

These people, as long as they are not hurting anyone, would need care and as difficult as it might seem: "compassion."

Pedophiles are just one more sexual minority which must endure stereo-typing and even abuse from Haters.

Perhaps Liberal-minds are right, it's time we put aside all those judgments which belong to a bygone era and embrace all those whose orientation is unconventional... as long as they do not harm others.

Not sure if they have a methadone clinic over there as we do here (for drug users) but they might want to provide "controlled levels" of stimulus for these pedophiles, it's a little interesting trying to imagine what type of Pedo methadone clinic... Progressive minds might offer, perhaps child beauty pageants viewed in a dark room?

When all is said and done on this topic in Greece, the answer will boil down to "Who gets how much"..... thats how vultures think. It's not an outrage over perverts getting paid to sit home on the internet, no no.... it's

that others aren't getting as much, consider the reply from the disability Group ... not an outrage at Pedophiles getting cash but that some of his members get less.

The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants.

[kytwell 179]

Ah sh!t, maybe we can collect on some exhibitionist/voyeur/fetish disability payments for her.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

They say out of all the wingnuts, the Pedo's are the ones who don't change no matter how much counciling..help whatever they do to those peeps. It's another good reason for mass deportation to a desert island out in the middle of the ocean.

[Danno 1,228]

They say out of all the wingnuts, the Pedo's are the ones who don't change no matter how much counciling..help whatever they do to those peeps. It's another good reason for mass deportation to a desert island out in the middle of the ocean.

Now thats not a very "progressive" take on things.

We are told -If it doesn't effect you personally, why should we care?

As long as these people are not hurting others ... live and let live.